Abdul Waheed Waheed, an international relations expert based in Kabul who has collaborated with the International Rescue Committee, noted that the appointment of the ambassador signifies an “important achievement” for the Taliban.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/china-appoints-new-ambassador-to-taliban-led-afghanistan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=china-appoints-new-ambassador-to-taliban-led-afghanistan

According to monitoring groups similar floggings have been reported in Nuristan, Takhar, Kabul, Laghman and Bamiyan provinces.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/23763317.afghanistan-talibans-war-women-gender-apartheid/?ref=rss

Afghan people climb atop a plane as they wait at the Kabul airport in August 2021, at the end to Afghanistan's 20-year war.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/afghan-nationals-asylum-sa-risk-motsoaledi/

Afghan volunteers distribute flower bouquets to the grooms during a mass wedding ceremony at a wedding hall in Kabul on December 25, 2023.

Source: https://www.channelstv.com/2023/12/25/afghans-marry-in-mass-ceremony-in-bid-to-cut-costs/

A Gold Star father of one of the Marines killed in the Kabul airport terrorist attack called out the Biden administration Tuesday for failing to take out the ISIS-K perpetrator before he could carry out his plans.

Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/29/why-was-it-denied-gold-star-father-calls-out-biden-admin-for-not-taking-out-kabul-terrorist/

Akundzada, who remains hidden from public view in Kandahar for security reasons, ordered the banning of Afghan women from most workplaces and all education since his ultra-conservative Sunni Pashtun group swept Kabul on August 15, 2021.

Source: https://thelinkpaper.ca/pak-shadow-over-kandahar-kabul-power-struggle/

Al Qaeda is also running in Farah, Helmand, Herat and Kabul provinces, as well as a media operations center in Herat.

Source: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2023/07/fact-check-president-bidens-claim-al-qaeda-is-not-in-afghanistan-is-demonstrably-false.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fact-check-president-bidens-claim-al-qaeda-is-not-in-afghanistan-is-demon

Although a very thorny dossier still remains: How to deal with, cajole, and satisfy the Taliban leadership in Kabul.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/06/no_author/how-the-bri-train-took-the-road-to-shangri-la/

Amanullah, the pulao master at a popular restaurant in Kabul, preparing to serve the morning’s first customers last month.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/world/asia/food-afghanistan-taliban.html

An Afghan woman cleans wools Sunday for making carpets at a traditional carpet factory in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/world/un-afghanistan-is-worlds-most-repressive-country-for-women/article_a3dcd911-0dfa-5171-857b-c03056276c02.html

Armenia remembers the Kabul airport scenes when the Americans were leaving.

Source: https://eng.belta.by/president/view/lukashenko-armenia-will-remain-committed-to-cooperation-with-its-current-allies-164398-2023/

ASTANA — Kazakhstan delivered humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan on April 15 during the visit of Minister of Trade and Integration Serik Zhumangarin to Kabul, reported the Prime Minister’s press service.

Source: https://astanatimes.com/2023/04/kazakhstan-delivers-humanitarian-aid-to-afghan-people/

“As the Taliban advanced on Kabul and other places throughout the country, they (official Afghan forces) abandoned that equipment, not the US,” he added.

Source: https://www.siasat.com/afghan-weapons-in-terror-hands-pakistan-warns-of-regional-instability-2689770/

A U.S. Marine calms a child during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 26, 2021.

Source: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/07/01/afghanistan-state-department-report-withdrawl-biden-administration/8511688217661/

A year after the Taliban took over Kabul, the cost of transferring funds through the hawala system from around 2 percent to a whopping 13 percent—creating a cash crunch and further halting economic activity.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/29/taliban-sanctions-act-us-afghanistan/

Benyamin, left/top, age 6 and Arwin, right, bottom, age 7, were killed by the August 29, 2021 U.S. drone strike on their family's car in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Source: https://theintercept.com/2023/05/17/kabul-drone-strike-survivor-payment/

Eight Isis fighters, including foreign nationals, were killed and seven others arrested in Kabul, while a separate operation in western Nimroz province resulted in two more arrests, Mr Mujahid said.

Source: https://www.ardrossanherald.com/news/national/23229665.afghan-taliban-kill-eight-raids-so-called-islamic-state-hideouts/?ref=rss

Even though planning for the evacuation of Kabul began 'some time' beforehand, the State Department was 'hindered by the fact that it was unclear who in the Department had the lead.'

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12252365/Biden-administration-Afghanistan-withdrawal-failures-revealed-daming-State-Department-report.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

From the architectural marvels of Kabul House to weathered boards that point to the route that travellers on horseback once took on their way uphill to Mussoorie, Dehradun remains adorned with numerous signs and cherished recollections of a bygone era.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/uttarakhand-dehradun-afghanistan-9032657/

Furthermore, the Special Rapporteurs reported that “more than a dozen prosecutors reportedly have been killed by unknown individuals in Kabul and other provinces, though this is likely an undercount.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2023/02/06/the-collapse-of-the-legal-system-in-afghanistan/